No, there isn't much out there. At my visit, I
spoke with museum curatorial staff. I asked for
copies of any conservation reports on the gown
that they had, but they said that they could not
find any. They had a new textile conservator, but
her office is at the other museum (Barracks) and
her interests are more modern. I wasn't able to
make contact with her. Lots of 19th C stuff at
that museum. I'd say keep contacting the Museum
of Ireland... sooner or later some additional
will be published.. I hope. Lots of stuff on
display (more in storage) that has never been published.
I also talked to Dr. Heckett, but she didn't have
any additional info. She's not with the museum,
but said that the museum's budget for
publications is very tight. With all the
development over the last few years, money keeps
being re-allocated for essential rescue excavations.
Not on the Shinrone, but if you are interested in Irish:
Start by downloading (free) this dissertation from eTHos http://ethos.bl.uk
Fitzgerald, Maria Amelia. Textile production in
prehistoric and early medieval Ireland. (
Manchester Metropolitan University, 2000.) DXN039210 BLDSC, ethos 326250
Unfortunately, you can only see her MS thesis by
special permission at the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin:
Fitzgerald, Maria Amelia. Dress Styles in Early
Ireland (C5th to C12th century AD). MA thesis University College Dublin.1991.
I've talked with Dr. Fitzgerald, but haven't been
able to get to see the MA thesis. If someone is
planning a trip over, please let me know so that
I can give you the contact information.
The only other working on Irish costume &
textiles (that I've been able to locate) is
Maureen Doyle, who is completing her
dissertation. I do not have contact info for her.
See the link below for an abstract:
Dress, ornament and bodily identities in early
medieval Ireland: an archaeology of personhood
Maureen Doyle, UCD School of Archaeology/Scoil na Seandálaíochta UCD
<http://www.ucd.ie/archaeology/research/phd/maureen_doyle/>http://www.ucd.ie/archaeology/research/phd/maureen_doyle/
Beth
At 01:00 PM 8/12/2009, you wrote:
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:34:35 -0700
From: Cin <[email protected]>
Thanks for all your comments on the Shinrone gown, everyone.
It's certainly more than I knew before & disappointing that there's not
much else to go on. If there's a paper or even a mention in CSA or Dress,
I'd like to have a heads up about it. Other than that, sounds like
everyone's sharing the same 2-3 bits of info. *sigh*
Still, it's all appreciated,
--cin
[email protected]
_______________________________________________
h-costume mailing list
[email protected]
http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
